CFTE Flight Simulator (China)

This 4-DOF research simulator was developed under a contract with the Chinese Flight Tests Establishment (CFTE). The works were done by the AstraSim Ltd. and Trecom Ltd. (the two companies that afterwards merged into CSTS Dinamika) with methodological support of TsAGI.

A single-seat airliner cockpit is equipped with a control stick, which gets loaded via a two-channel electrohydraulic loading system, a three-display instrument panel, and a seat with adjustable back and elbow rests. The loading system was a dedicated design to match specific requirements of the Customer.

Another specific feature was a unique in those days wide multichannel optics collimation visual system FOV (129ºH х 28ºV) whose high-quality spherical glass mirrors were adapted for a motion platform to bear an acceleration of up to 3g.

This research sim features:

an original 4-DOF motion platform to withstand a payload of the equipped cockpit and visual system adding up 2 tons;